Cheney should take cues from Bush

bushclinton“I want you to understand that anything I say is not to be critical of my successor,” President George W. Bush said last week. “There are plenty of critics in American society.” That, unfortunately, includes his former vice president, Dick Cheney, who should take cues from the civility and respect shown by Bush and President Clinton when they shared a stage in Toronto on Friday. Not only did the two presidents avoid criticizing President Obama, they defended each other’s actions on Rwanda and Darfur.

12 Comments

  1. American_Way
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 7:31 am | Permalink

    Why Brownlee I’m shocked. Advocating giving up our rights to free speech.

    Shocked I tell you.

  2. sursum
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 8:17 am | Permalink

    The G&M said the meeting was more like Leno and Letterman. Only a few “pro” rent-us-demonstators were on hand for “W”s 2nd appearance in the great white north and was once again warmly receivied by all those darn socialists. So was Condi 2 weeks ago in Calgary. What does all this mean?

  3. sursum
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 8:18 am | Permalink

    The G&M said the meeting was more like Leno and Letterman. Only a few “pro” rent-us-demonstators were on hand for “W”s 2nd appearance in the great white north and was once again warmly receivied by all those darn socialists. So was Condi 2 weeks ago in Calgary. What does all this mean?

  4. BlueJay
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 8:23 am | Permalink

    I continue to be disappointed with Bill Clinton.

    He SHOULD have used the occasion to chop bush to pieces.

  5. outlander
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 8:31 am | Permalink

    Phillip: Remember the previous VP? Guy named Gore? Remember how he acted toward the Bush administration once he was out of office?

    No charge for the scoop.

    Gore Says Bush Betrayed the U.S. by Using 9/11 as a Reason for War in Iraq
    by Katharine Q. Seeleye

    NASHVILLE, Feb. 8 — In a withering critique of the Bush administration, former Vice President Al Gore on Sunday accused the president of betraying the country by using the Sept. 11 attacks as a justification for the invasion of Iraq.

    “He betrayed this country!” Mr. Gore shouted into the microphone at a rally of Tennessee Democrats here in a stuffy hotel ballroom. “He played on our fears. He took America on an ill-conceived foreign adventure dangerous to our troops, an adventure preordained and planned before 9/11 ever took place.”

    The speech had several hundred Democrats roaring their approval for Mr. Gore, the party’s 2000 standard-bearer.

  6. HappyHeathen
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 8:56 am | Permalink

    With an approval rating in the minus figures Cheney should keep talking so we can be reminded of the depths to which we as a country never want to dip to again. A reminder of just how low the bar can be dropped to. Give him a forum, slip him a mike and for Christ sake continue to quote.

  7. Phantom
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 1:24 pm | Permalink

    Cheney took the cues from bush long ago and he’s been stickless ever since!

  8. Phantom
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 1:25 pm | Permalink

    Gore started the long trek back to sanity, thanks for the memories.

  9. Daniel
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 1:35 pm | Permalink

    outlander
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 8:31 am | Permalink

    Phillip: Remember the previous VP? Guy named Gore? Remember how he acted toward the Bush administration once he was out of office?
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    What year does that quote come from, outlander?

  10. cosmos_originally
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 5:14 pm | Permalink

    outlander,

    I suggest that you carefully read (or listen) to this speech, and try to understand the points that Al Gore made.

    ‘IRAQ AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM‘
    Al Gore – September 23, 2002
    http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/02/02-09gore-speech.html

  11. outlander
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 5:20 pm | Permalink

    “That, unfortunately, includes his former vice president, Dick Cheney, who should take cues from the civility and respect shown by Bush and President Clinton when they shared a stage in Toronto on Friday.”

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    Cosmos: The merits of what he said is not the issue, according to Mr. Brownlee. It is the fact that Cheney dare dissent.

    My point is that it is nothing new and Cheney’s dissent was a helluva lot more respectful than Uncle Al’s diatribe.

  12. cosmos_originally
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 7:36 pm | Permalink

    outlander,

    I see that you wisely avoided commenting about Al Gore’s September 23, 2002 speech.

    ‘Cheney’s speech ignored some inconvenient truths‘
    http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/68643.html